Christian Li
@christianli
Senior DevOps and Cloud Platform Engineer building secure Kubernetes and CI/CD.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Senior DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer with 10+ years designing scalable cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and secure multi-cloud environments. I lead modernization efforts like architecting Walmart’s OmniCloud Retail Platform on multi-region AWS EKS, improving deployment reliability by 45% and reducing production incidents by 38%.
I build GitOps-based CI/CD using ArgoCD, Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions, and deliver observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry—decreasing MTTR by 52% through proactive alerting and distributed tracing. I also optimize cloud spend and strengthen security/compliance via IAM least-privilege access models, KMS encryption, and automated policy enforcement, while creating reusable automation and mentoring teams for developer enablement.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Architected a multi-region AWS EKS platform for retail commerce, improving deployment reliability by 45% and reducing production incidents by 38%. Modernized CI/CD with GitOps (ArgoCD, Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions), cutting deployment time from 2 hours to under 15 minutes across 300+ microservices, and reduced MTTR by 52% while lowering cloud spend by ~$420K annually.
Senior Cloud Platform Engineer
EHealth, Inc
May 2020 - Aug 2023 (3 years 3 months)
Led healthcare cloud modernization by migrating legacy systems to containerized AWS EKS, improving scalability by 60% and accelerating release frequency by 4x. Built HIPAA-compliant infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) enabling zero-downtime deployments, and reduced incident response time by 47% with centralized observability (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch
Engineered a 5G network automation pipeline to enable automated cloud deployments and infrastructure orchestration across AWS environments. Built and maintained CI/CD with Jenkins, GitLab CI, Docker, and Terraform, reducing deployment failures by 40% and improving release velocity, while cutting manual operational effort by over 55% using Python/Bash automation.
Supported AWS infrastructure operations across EC2, S3, IAM, Route53, and RDS while maintaining system availability and security compliance. Assisted with CI/CD workflow implementation using Jenkins and Git, and maintained documentation and runbooks to improve operational readiness.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Illinois Chicago
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Chicago, completed from 2012 to 2016.
AWS Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Cloud Architecture
Earned the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional credential.
AWS Certification
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, DevOps
Earned the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional credential.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Kubernetes
Earned the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) credential.
HashiCorp Certification
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, Infrastructure as Code
Earned the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate credential.
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